Husain, who died last year was not only a master painter but had also taken up a regular job and was employed in a toy manufacture factory early in his career.
It is said that the first wooden toy series Husain made was dedicated to his first child according to auction house Art Bull which has put a couple of gouache on wood toys for sale on November 21.
The two toys, featuring two individual drummers, one seated and the other standing has been sourced from a private collection and are priced between Rs 9,00,000- Rs 13,00,000 and Rs 10,00,000 -Rs 15,00,000 each.
"These toys were gifted by Husain to an academician during the early 1960s. She bequeathed them to her brother and they have them in the family ever since," says the auction house.
Apart from that a set of three works also made during the time his first child was born is also set to go under the hammer.
"Husain took up a regular job of designing nursery furniture at a shop in Mumbai and these works reflect on his daily activities. These works also stand testimony to his personal memories which are finely executed with sensitivity and child like quality simultaneously oozing with innocence," describes the catalogue accompanying the artworks. (MORE)
